“She is a wonderful nerd, and he hopes this won't change.”
“Women get into a relationship hoping a man will change, and he never does; men get into a relationship hoping the woman don't change, but she always does. Men want their partners to be consistent. That they won't make impromptu impossible demands nor baffle him with classically female sudden-onset hysterical behavior.”
“She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair.”
“I'm an outsider by choice, she said, but I'm hoping that won't be my choice forever.”
“Even though Mavis was my secret friend, she is the only one I hope I see again. She’s the only one I wonder about. I hope she wonders about me too.”
“...she wonders if she has something other people don't. Intuition or hope -- she wouldn't know what to call it.”